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August Vollmer was born in New Orleans, Lousiana, in 1876. His only formal education, beyond grade school, was a vocational course in book-keeping, typing and shorhand that he took at New Orleans Academy. His family moved to Berkeley, California, in 1891 when he was fifteen.
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In 1905, August Vollmer, a self-educated criminologist, noticed that the then 130-year-old city had no police force and decided to start one. His name is still legend in law enforcement circles for the methods that he pioneered.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on August Vollmer (American police reformer), The founder of the professional policing reform movement in the United States was August Vollmer. ... The founder of the professional policing reform movement in the United States was August Vollmer. Beginning his career in 1905 as the head...
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Probably the most widely known and most innovative police chief in American police history, August Vollmer (1876-1955) had been Marshal of Berkeley (1905-1909) the first Police Chief of Berkeley (1909-1932) and Professor of Police Administration at the University of California at Berkeley (1932-1937), and was widely...
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In 1905, August Vollmer was elected town Marshal. In 1909, he was appointed as this City's first Chief of Police. ... Chief Vollmer demanded a high level of honesty, efficiency, interest and hard work by his officers. This has continued to this day, which has been the foundation for our world wide reputation in the...
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Reform candidate August Vollmer kept his campaign promises and went from town marshall to president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in a span of 16 years.
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Books, articles, websites and blogs, everything authored by police officers. ... August Vollmer (March 7, 1876 - November 4, 1955) was a former :namespa, California police chief. He is widely considered the "father of modern policing", and was the first chief to require that police officers attain college degrees;
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AUGUST VOLLMER 1946 This manuscript is made available for research purposes. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley.
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